Race Preview courtesy of Jayski.com TRACK: Phoenix International Raceway NASCAR Sprint Cup Race #35 of 36 for the 2012 season Chase for the Sprint Cup race #9 of 10 Race: Sunday, November 11, 2012 in Avondale, AZ Title Sponsor: AdvoCare Scheduled Green Flag: 3:15pm/et ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Television Coverage/Re-air/TV Team SPEED's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 12:00 pm/et with John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace NASCAR Countdown Pre-race: ESPN - 2:00pm/et Television Race Coverage: ESPN - 3:00pm/et In the Booth: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree Pit Reporters: Dave Burns, Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch NASCAR Countdown: Nicole Briscoe, Brad Daugherty, Rusty Wallace, Ray Evernham Scheduled Race Re-Air Dates/Times: Monday, November 12 at 1:30am/et on ESPN2 & Wednesday, November 14 at 12:00pm/et on SPEED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Radio Coverage This Week: Motor Racing Network Sirius XM Satellite Radio Channel 90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Practice Dates: Friday, November 9, 2:00 - 3:25 pm/et, TV-SPEED Saturday, November 10, 11:30am - 12:25pm/et, TV-SPEED Happy Hour 'Final' practice: Saturday, November 10, 2:35 - 3:25pm/et, TV-SPEED Qualifying Information: 2 laps for positions 1-43: Friday, November 9 at 6:10 pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air scheduled at 11:30pm/et Qualifying order is set by first practice speeds, slowest car goes 1st, fastest car goes last. If first practice is run, but qualifying is unable to take place, the starting lineup will be based on speeds from the car's fastest lap from the first practice, with top-35 cars in owner points no longer segregated from the non-top 35 cars. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Specifications: Track Length: 1.0 mile oval Race Length: 312 laps, 312 miles/500km Degree of Banking: Turns 1-2: 11 degrees; Turns 3-4: 9 degrees Frontstretch: Length: 1,179 feet, Banking: 3 degrees Backstretch: Length: 1,551 feet, Banking: 9 degrees Pit Road: Length: 1,140 Pit Road Speed: 45mph Grandstand seating: 55,000 [was 76,812] Opened: 1964 (first NASCAR Sprint Cup event was 1988)
AdvoCare 500k Starting Lineup courtesy of NASCAR.com POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 138.766 25.943 Leader 2 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 138.217 26.046 -0.103 3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 137.578 26.167 -0.224 4 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 137.478 26.186 -0.243 5 43 Aric Almirola Ford Farmland 137.211 26.237 -0.294 6 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Furniture Row 137.007 26.276 -0.333 7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Rheem 136.992 26.279 -0.336 8 51 Regan Smith Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 136.872 26.302 -0.359 9 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 136.867 26.303 -0.360 10 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 136.867 26.303 -0.360 11 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 136.830 26.310 -0.367 12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 136.721 26.331 -0.388 13 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 136.679 26.339 -0.396 14 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 136.622 26.350 -0.407 15 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 136.488 26.376 -0.433 16 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 136.436 26.386 -0.443 17 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Black & Decker 136.359 26.401 -0.458 18 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Allstate 136.353 26.402 -0.459 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 136.271 26.418 -0.475 20 16 Greg Biffle Ford Filtrete 136.219 26.428 -0.485 21 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 136.003 26.470 -0.527 22 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 135.906 26.489 -0.546 23 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard 135.547 26.559 -0.616 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 135.440 26.580 -0.637 25 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 135.211 26.625 -0.682 26 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 135.171 26.633 -0.690 27 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King 134.948 26.677 -0.734 28 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 134.948 26.677 -0.734 29 34 David Ragan Ford CertainTeed / 31-W Insulation 134.932 26.680 -0.737 30 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Vektor Vodka 134.449 26.776 -0.833 31 38 David Gilliland Ford Loan Mart 134.374 26.791 -0.848 32 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 134.343 26.797 -0.854 33 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 134.198 26.826 -0.883 34 44 David Reutimann Ford No Label Watcher 134.008 26.864 -0.921 35 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little JoesAutos.com 133.620 26.942 -0.999 36 19 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical / Value Place 133.576 26.951 -1.008 37 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 132.954 27.077 -1.134 38 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 132.817 27.105 -1.162 39 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King 132.387 27.193 -1.250 40 91 Jason Leffler Toyota Plinker Tactical / Value Place 131.329 27.412 -1.469 41 32 Timmy Hill Ford U.S. Chrome / TMone 129.945 27.704 -1.761 42 36 Dave Blaney+ Chevrolet Accell Construction 128.691 27.974 -2.031 43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM-FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 130.067 27.678 -1.735 DNQ 37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Anchor Drilling Fluids / MaxQ 127.056 28.334 -2.391 + Set by Owner Points * Denotes Rookie
AdvoCare 500k Results courtesy of NASCAR.com FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS 1 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 47/4 319 Running 2 3 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 43/1 319 Running 3 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 43/2 319 Running 4 4 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 40/0 319 Running 5 12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 40/1 319 Running 6 14 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 39/1 319 Running 7 20 16 Greg Biffle Ford Filtrete 37/0 319 Running 8 6 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Furniture Row 36/0 319 Running 9 7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Rheem 35/0 319 Running 10 10 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 35/1 319 Running 11 13 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 33/0 319 Running 12 21 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 32/0 319 Running 13 33 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 31/0 319 Running 14 22 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 30/0 319 Running 15 30 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Vektor Vodka 29/0 319 Running 16 5 43 Aric Almirola Ford Farmland 28/0 319 Running 17 37 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 0 319 Running 18 17 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Black & Decker 26/0 319 Running 19 9 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Mobil 1 / Office Depot 25/0 319 Running 20 39 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King 25/1 319 Running 21 23 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew 23/0 317 Running 22 25 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 22/0 317 Running 23 18 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Allstate 21/0 317 Running 24 8 51 Regan Smith Chevrolet Phoenix Construction 20/0 316 Running 25 27 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King 19/0 316 Running 26 42 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Accell Construction 18/0 316 Running 27 15 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 17/0 312 Accident 28 16 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 16/0 312 Accident 29 41 32 Timmy Hill Ford U.S. Chrome / TMone 0 312 Running 30 11 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 14/0 309 Accident 31 26 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 0 299 Accident 32 24 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 12/0 281 Running 33 29 34 David Ragan Ford CertainTeed / 31-W Insulation 11/0 280 Accident 34 32 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 10/0 86 Brakes 35 35 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little JoesAutos.com 9/0 74 Rear Gear 36 31 38 David Gilliland Ford Loan Mart 8/0 50 Accident 37 38 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 7/0 50 Brakes 38 28 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 6/0 36 Brakes 39 43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM-FM Energy 0 30 Brakes 40 34 44 David Reutimann Ford No Label Watcher 4/0 28 Vibration 41 36 19 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical / Value Place 0 15 Accident 42 40 91 Jason Leffler Toyota Plinker Tactical / Value Place 0 10 Brakes 43 2 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 1/0 10 Engine * Denotes Rookie
